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Description

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Combat use

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Barrel length: 14 ft (4.3 m) total 13 ft 4 in (4.1 m) bore (L/32)
Calibre: 5 in (130 mm)
Crew: 10
Designed: 1904
Designer: Elswick Ordnance
Elevation: 21½° max elevation 5° max depression

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Field gun
QF 4.7 inch gun QF 4.7 inch gun Mk I - IV
Commonwealth Dominion
BL 4.5-inch medium gun BL 4.5-inch medium field gun

History

Second Boer War

Description

Hydro-pneumatic British ordnance terms
Box trail Gun carriage
Laying Gun laying
Traction engine
Holt 75
BEF British Expeditionary Force (World War I)
General Haig Douglas Haig
Gun Carrier Mark I
CRH Glossary of British ordnance terms
BL 4.5-inch gun
BL 5.5-inch BL 5.5-inch medium gun

Combat use

First World War
Royal Garrison Artillery
Counter-battery fire
QF 4.7-inch gun QF 4.7 inch gun Mk I-IV
Noel Birch
Lb Pound (mass)
Tonnes Tonne
Horses Horse
Palestine Palestine campaign
Mesopotamia Mesopotamian campaign
Western Desert Libyan Desert

US service

Armistice Armistice of 11 November 1918
9.2-inch howitzers BL 9.2-inch howitzer
Elswick Ordnance Company
Secretary of War United States Secretary of War

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Historical Military Museum of Cartagena (Spain)

Bibliography

ISBN ISBN (identifier)
Sir Martin Farndale Martin Farndale
I.V. Hogg Ian V. Hogg

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BL 60-pounder gun

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Used by · 5

BL 60-pounder gun → British Commonwealth, British Empire, Russian Empire, Soviet Union, United States

Wars · 2

BL 60-pounder gun → First World War, Second World War

Barrel length · 1

BL 60-pounder gun → 14 ft (4.3 m) total 13 ft 4 in (4.1 m) bore (L/32)

Calibre · 1

BL 60-pounder gun → 5 in (130 mm)

Crew · 1

BL 60-pounder gun → 10

Designed · 1

BL 60-pounder gun → 1904

Designer · 1

BL 60-pounder gun → Elswick Ordnance

Elevation · 1

BL 60-pounder gun → 21½° max elevation 5° max depression

Height · 1

BL 60-pounder gun → 5 ft 8 in (1.7 m) without sights

In service · 1

BL 60-pounder gun → 1905–1944

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BL 60-pounder gun	Barrel length	14 ft (4.3 m) total 13 ft 4 in (4.1 m) bore (L/32)	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Calibre	5 in (130 mm)	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Crew	10	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Designed	1904	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Designer	Elswick Ordnance	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Elevation	21½° max elevation 5° max depression	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Height	5 ft 8 in (1.7 m) without sights	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	In service	1905–1944	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Length	21 ft 7 in (6.6 m)	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Mass	4 ton 11 cwt 3 qtr 7 lb (4.664 t)	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Maximum firing range	10,300 yd (9,400 m) early 12,300 yd (11,200 m) later	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Muzzle velocity	2,080 ft/s (630 m/s)	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	No. built	1,756 (Mk. I)	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Place of origin	United Kingdom	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	References	Handbook for 60 pdr Mk I & Allied Artillery of World War One	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Shell weight	60 lb (27 kg)	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Type	Heavy field gun	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Used by	British Empire	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Used by	British Commonwealth	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Used by	United States	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Used by	Russian Empire	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Used by	Soviet Union	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Wars	First World War	1.00	infobox
BL 60-pounder gun	Wars	Second World War	1.00	infobox
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